| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑07‑20 | 162 | 484 | Target: Aircraft Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Dessau, Germany |
| Airfield Attacked: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st C Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Weather in the target area was partly cloudy, and, although the lead aircraft was equipped for radar bombing (PFF), the air commander determined that the primary target would not be attacked. Instead, he led the wing to attack a fighter airfield by visual means. Bombing results were mixed; some low group B-17s dropped their loads early when their group lead jettisoned his load due to flak damage to his #1 engine. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Group, Low Squadron Lead. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97263. Hot camera ship. |
Secondary (Visual) Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nordhausen, Germany |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑37822 ⇗ | 544th | SU*C | THE 'LEAD BANANA' |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Soester, Wilbur Leroy⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Kuba, Carl Willliam⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Lacroix, James Joseph⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Sheppard, George Raeburn⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Doughty, Walter Warren⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Fugate, Roger (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Latourette, Frank Richard⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Caster, George Edward⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |